Eartha Kitt, a singer, dancer and actress who became famous for her "sex kitten" purr, has died of colon cancer, according to a family friend. She was 81.

This morning, just an hour ago NBC aired Oscar Nominations for 2008 on a live broadcast. Motion Picture Association Of America has prepared very interesting movies for 2008 Oscar Nominations, particularly interesting oscar nominees being the foreign language films of "Mongol" (about Chingiz Khan) and "12" (very heated drama about justice).